National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1887-06-29
GoNZAGA COLLEGE,
Interesting Exercises Mt tho Thirtleth
Annual commandments.

hnnunl COmmencement.
The thirtieth annual commencement OF
Gorzaga College called together large
audience at Harris's Theater yesterday
morning. The stage was handsomely dec
Grated. The music was by the Marine band.
The exercises were OF great interest. The
declarations and debating by the students
were creditable and ELECTED liberal appla Use.
Joseph \. Rogers detained "The Stonecnt-
ters.n A debate on the question, IRE
solved, That the Long aud Short Haul
Clause OF the Interstate Commerce Law be
Canceled,n was by James 4. Mullaly ana
Edmund Mallet in the affirmative aud J. $
T.. Smith and q. NJ. b. Brown In the mega
tive. Hon. A. Leo Knott, second assistant
postmaster general, delivered an address to
the graduates and distributed the prizes,
among which were the following: Special
prizes, Christian doctrine, the gold medal
was awarded to j. Stanislaus Easily Smith
premiums TO jeremiah l. o Conner and
David T. Williams, ex equo. Christian
doctrine, junior division, the silver medal
was awarded to Nicholas A. Fitzgerald;
premiums.to w. Lloyd Wolff and Aloysius
j. Collins, ex @quo. The Phocion debat-
ing medal was awarded to James +. Mul
laly. Elocution, the silver medal was
awarded to James Henry Daily; premium
TO Frederick W. Jones. Among the class
prizes were the following: First grammar.
medal to Thomas A. Becker; English com
position, premium to Thomas A. Becker;
second grammar, medal 10 James +. Null
laly, premium to David 7. Williams; L ~.
lish composition, premium TO Joseph 3
Rogers; third grammar, medal to Ambrose
y. Beavan, premium TO Denis J. Downing;
English composition, premium TO jeremiah
i. OConnor; special Latin, medal to j.
Vincent O'Hare, premium to W. Wolf;
Epglish composition, premium 10 j. Viu.
cent O'Hare; first rudiments, medal TO Vim.
cent A. sheeby, premium to Francis p
Shelby; English composition, premium to
Francis Y. Loughrao; second rudiments,
medal to Aloysius p. Collins, premium to
John G. Gcolfellow; English composition.
premium TO John G. Mclaughlin; drst En-
glish, medal, M. A. Kirby; English com
position, premium to j. +. Janszsck; seouh
English, medal Martin Fealey; premium
Aloysius Cavanaugh; English composition
premium, Martin Fealey; third class o.
mathematics, medal, J. s f. Smith, prem
ium, Jeremiah |. o'Connor; algebra, medal
. David I. Williams; premium, J. III no
Clarke; first class of arithmetic, first SIC
ton, medal, W. Lloyd WolfT; second sec
tion, medal, J. I. Weller; premium, J, vu-
cent .O'Hare; second class OF arithmetic.
medal, Aloysius Collins premium,
John @. Goodfellow third class OF
arithmetic, premium, Jos. Corrigau; class
Of chemistry, honorably mentioned, l.. T
Malley and Samuel A. Preston; class OF
bookkeeping, first section, medal, Joseph
Weller; second section, medal, Wm. }. Bor.
beck; premium, John G. McLaughlin; class OF
penmanship, premium, James II. McGllton
and Robert A. Borbeck; class OF German,
premium, james +. Mrllaly; first class OF
French, first division, premium, Samuel A
Presten; second division, premium, David L
Willisms; second class OF French, premium,
Ambrose o. Beavan. Premiums for three
or more distinctions, Bartholomew j.
Raedy, raymond. Thorn, Wm. j. Brooks,
Jos. S. Giusta, VIM. A. McKeuna, Denis
A. Lane, Thomas j. Nugent, Fraucis Rous.
seau, Jos. F. Hill, John j. Foley, Francis j.
Stecher, and James Cavanaugh.